The Few: A Tale of the Marines in the Near Future (The Return of the Marines) (Volume 1)
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The Few: A Tale of the Marines in the Near Future (The Return of the Marines) (Volume 1)

Paperback – June 29, 2013

Price
$5.90
Format
Paperback
Pages
259
Publisher
Semper Fi Press
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0615843087
Dimensions
6 x 0.59 x 9 inches
Weight
12.6 ounces

Description

About the Author Jonathan Brazee graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served 30 years in the Marines as a commander of infantry, recon, MSSG, and air delivery units as well as in various staff billets. He served with the 3d CAG as the military liaison to USAID in Iraq in 2006 and retired as a colonel in 2009. He is a life member of the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association.

Features & Highlights

  • Gunnery Sergeant Jacob McCardle is the commander of the Marine Detachment at the US Embassy, New Delhi, when the president of the United States arrives on an official visit, the same man who, as a Congressman, sponsored the bill that had decimated the Corps in a cost-cutting effort. As the president arrives, the embassy is attacked and isolated by a mob of nationalists. With the Indian government seemingly unwilling to take action to restore order and with an ambitious vice-president seizing this as an opportunity to move up to the White House, it is up to Gunny McCardle and his small band of Marines to keep the president alive. Faced with tremendous odds, Gunny has to lead his Marines in an almost impossible task. That is nothing new to the US Marines. Impossible tasks are the Corps' forte. But can his small detachment keep up the tradition of the Corps and succeed despite tremendous odds?

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Wake-up call

I enjoyed the book but it is very shallow; don't expect any sense of reality...none! However, I don't think it was intended to be a serious fictional story. I think the author believes there is a good chance the USMC might be absorbed by the Army because they have been land fighting organizations for ten years. He sees the present day USMC being misused and taken away from its sea-service missions. He does an excellent job of telling the reader the differences between the USMC and other services, and he is factual and spot on with his descriptions. It very well be a wake-up call for readers who like military fiction, but the strongest point is his concern about the future of his beloved USMC.